JAKARTA - The 2015-2019 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leadership, Laode Muhammad Syarif, considers the alleged corruption case involving the former Regent of North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi, Aswad Sulaiman, not worthy of being stopped by the anti-corruption agency.
"The case is not worthy of being issued with SP3 (order to stop the investigation, ed.) because it is a very important natural resources case, and the state's losses are large," Laode said when contacted on Sunday, December 28, quoted by Antara.
In addition, he said that the KPK during his leadership had found enough evidence for his alleged bribery, and the Indonesian Financial Supervisory Board (BPK) was calculating the amount of financial losses to the country.
"That's why it's very strange that the KPK is now stopping the investigation of this case," he said.
Meanwhile, he said that if the BPK RI was ultimately reluctant to calculate the state's losses due to the case, then the KPK should be able to continue the alleged bribery carried out by Aswad Sulaiman.
"If the BPK is reluctant to calculate the financial or economic losses of the country, then the KPK can continue the bribery case alone," he said.
Previously, on October 4, 2017, the KPK named Aswad Sulaiman as the Acting Regent of North Konawe for the 2007-2009 period and the Regent of North Konawe for the 2011-2016 period as suspects of alleged corruption related to the granting of mining exploration and exploitation permits, as well as mining business permits for production operations from the North Konawe Regency Government. 2007-2014.
The KPK suspects that Aswad Sulaiman caused state losses of at least IDR 2.7 trillion which came from the sale of nickel production results which were allegedly obtained as a result of a licensing process that was against the law.
In addition, the KPK suspects that Aswad Sulaiman during 2007-2009 received bribes of up to IDR 13 billion from a number of companies that applied for mining power permits.
On November 18, 2021, the KPK had examined Andi Amran Sulaiman (now Minister of Agriculture) as the Director of PT Tiran Indonesia as a witness to the case. Amran was questioned by the KPK regarding the ownership of a nickel mine in North Konawe.
On September 14, 2023, the KPK planned to detain Aswad Sulaiman. However, this was not carried out because the person concerned was rushed to the hospital.
Then on December 26, 2025, the KPK announced that it had stopped investigating the case because there was insufficient evidence.
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